Hadith 135

Chapter 122

باب 122

(122) باب فِي الْعَصَبِيَّةِ

(122) Chapter: Regarding tribalism (PT)
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حَدَّثَنَا النُّفَيْلِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا زُهَيْرٌ، حَدَّثَنَا سِمَاكُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، قَالَ مَنْ نَصَرَ قَوْمَهُ عَلَى غَيْرِ الْحَقِّ فَهُوَ كَالْبَعِيرِ الَّذِي رُدِّيَ فَهُوَ يُنْزَعُ بِذَنَبِهِ .

Narrated Abdullah ibn Mas'ud:
If anyone helps his people in an unrighteous cause, he is like a camel which falls into a well and is pulled out by its tail. (PT)

Reference (PT): Sunan Abi Dawud 5117 (PT)

In-book reference (PT): Book 43, Hadith 345 (PT)

English translation (PT): Book 42, Hadith 5098 (PT)